Civilian Conservation Corps Stories

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began on March 31, 1933 under President Roosevelt’s “New Deal” to relieve the poverty and unemployment of the Depression. The US Army supervised the camps which had from 200-250 men each. The first year 13 camps were set up in these Connecticut towns & state parks & forests: West Cornwall, Housatonic Meadows; Niantic, Military Reservation; Hampton, Natchaug; Haddam, Cockaponset; Stafford Springs, Nipmuck; Danbury, Squantz Pond; Cobalt, Meshomasic; Voluntown, Pachaug; Thomaston, Black Rock; East Hartland, Tunxis; Clinton, Cockaponset; West Goshen, Mohawk; and Torrington, Paugnut. The Army Government Dock in New London was the supply depot for all the CT camps.

In the following years these eight camps were added: Riverton, American Legion State Forest; East Hampton, Salmon River; Danbury, Wooster Mountain; Somers, Shenipsit; Portland, Meshomasic; Poquonock, Experiment Station Land; Kent, Macedonia Brook and Madison, Cockaponset.

List of CCC Camps in Connecticut

Camp	#	Location	Town	Leader	# of men	Began
Government Dock	190	New London	New London		67	5/33
Roosevelt	S-60	Cockaponset State Forest	Clinton	Eugene. H. Humprey	250	5/23/33
Jenkins	S-57	Meshomasic State Forest	Cobalt	Jerome O. Maher	250	6/15/33
Fechner	S-69	Wooster Mountain State Forest	Danbury RFD	A. Richard Olson	200	6/4/35
Hook	S-62	Squantz Pond State Park	Danbury RFD	Frank A. North	212	5/24/35
Stuart	S-70	Salmon River State Forest	East Hampton	Stanley A. Niven	200	7/8/35
Toumey	S-52	Mohawk State Forest	West Goshen / Torrington	Arthur Brooks	250	5/25/35
Robinson	S-53	Tunxis State Forest	East Hartland	John Wulff	250	6/13/33
Chapman	S-61	Military Reservation	Niantic	Otto H. Schroeter	212	3/1/33
Filley	S-64	Cockaponset State Forest	Haddam	Robert F. Coughlin	200	12/11/33
Fernow	S-56	Natchaug State Forest	Hampton / Eastford	Harold D. Pearson	212	6/29/33
Macedonia Brook	P-11057	Kent Falls State Park	Kent		202	6/10/35
Hadley	P-65	Cockaponset State Forest	Madison	Edward L. Eliot	200	6/4/37
Buck	S-67	Meshomasic State Forest	Portland	Lawrence C. Blair	200	6/4/35
White	S-63	American Legion State Forest	Winsted / Barkhamsted / Riverton	Edgar R. Hawkes	250	1/2/34
Conner	P-68	Shenipsit State Forest	Somers	Raymond K. Daley	200	6/4/35
Graves	S-55	Nipmuck State Forest	Stafford Springs	Edward Walker	212	5/27/33
Roberts	S-59	Black Rock State Park	Thomaston	Homer C. Neal	212	5/30/33
Walcott	S-54	Paugnut State Forest	Torrington / Burrville	Francis J. Moglia	212	5/31/33
Lonergan	S-58	Pachaug Forest	Voluntown	John Roche	250	6/6/33
Cross	S-51	Housatonic Meadows State Forest	West Cornwall	Thomas C. Hood	250	6/20/33
Britton	P-66	Experiment Station Land	Poquonock Rt 75	Albion W. Jack	200	6/4/35